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No. 9,833. PATENTBD JULY 5, 1858. W. PORTER & E. A. TUTTLE.

LANTERN.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFTCE.

W. PORTER AND E. A. TUTTLE, OF WILLIAMSBURGH, NEW YORK.

LANTERN.

T0 alt whom t may concern f Be it known that we, /VILLIAM PORTER and EDWARD A. TUTTLE, both of the city of Villiamsburgh, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful improvement in Lanterns, which we denominate the Improved Rod-and-Latch Lantern, and we hereby declare the following to 'be a full, clear, and explicit description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the lantern with the parts arranged, whereotl (A,A,) is the lower part or standard of the lantern containing the lamp (L), is the lamp glass or globe, and (C) the top or cap.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View ot' the top or cap, showing the connecting rods (r, 73) with the button attached and a side view of the slide catch (S) the dotted blue lines representing the same as withdrawn, and the black lines as shut, in each figure. (B) is the ball or button clasped by the slide. (T) represents thumb piece of the slide (N) the neck of the ball.

Fig. 8 is a face or top view of the slide catch and cap, B the button or ball, T the thumb piece, Sac.

Letters of reference refer to like parts in all the figures.

The nature of this invention consists in furnishing an improved methodof uniting or arranging the parts of a lantern, by means of one or more small rods, extending from the bottom or cup of the lantern, up inside the glass globe to the top and there secured by a catch, by means of which a more convenient and economical mode of shipping and unshipping the lantern is obtained, and by the peculiar position of the lamp glass between the bottom and top', avoiding the necessity of fastening the same either to the top or bottom by means of plaster sets.

The lantern upon which Letters Patent are hereby sought to be obtained, is constructed according to the usual method, in its general shape and appearance, the prominent parts consistingof the lamp standard (A A,) cup or lamp (L,) the glass globe (G,) and the top or cap (0,) also the wire guards (F F).

From the opposite sides of the lamp (L) proceed the small metallic rods (r, 13) eX- tending up inside the lamp glass, and unite near the top or cap of the lantern. At the top of these rods is attached a small ball or button (B) with a neck (N) which is secured by a slide catch (S) connected with the cap, by which means the parts of the lamp are firmly held together. By the thumb piece (T) the slide catch may be withdrawn, and disconnected from the ball when t-he cap and globe may be lifted from the lamp when required. The blue dotted lines show the catch as withdrawn in Figs. 2 and 3.

In this invention the glass globe is not cemented to the bottom rim of the lantern and not necessarily to the top or cap-so that in case a lamb glass should be broken as frequently happens, it can be replaced without interfering with other parts of the lantern. But the glass may be attached permanently to the top cap if desired.

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent of the United States is- The small rods 1", 73) extending from the lower part or cup of the lantern to the top or cap, and unit-ing them both together by a catch, thereby securing the globe between them in the manner substantially as described, or the purpose set forth.

VM. PORTER. EDWARD A.' TUTTLE.

lVitnesses HENRY A. TUTTLE, CEAS. E TUTTLE. 

